1 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:05,240 VOICE-OVER: All civil servants can design their own careers. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:08,440 The Job Family System helps them to do this. 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:12,560 The Job Family System comprises fifty-five job groups, 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:15,080 placed under eight job families. 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,800 Each job group has learning trajectories specifying the requirements for work 6 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,640 at a higher salary level in the job group. 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,040 Moreover, each job group has career steps specifying the other job groups 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,400 in which you can advance your career. 9 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,400 Let's take a look at how staff members can design their own careers. 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,160 This is Frank. Frank is a Custodial Institution Assistant 11 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:41,160 and has been working at the Ministry of Justice for about fifteen years. 12 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,200 Frank has carefully examined the learning trajectories 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,680 for the Custodial Institution Assistant job group. 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,920 Thanks to these learning trajectories he was able to discover 15 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:55,080 how he ought to develop in his work in order to advance his career. 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,520 Frank has been promoted from salary scale six to eight 17 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,400 by self-development and by applying for vacant posts. 18 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:07,840 Frank cannot advance his career as a Custodial Institution Assistant any further. 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,640 He has now decided to design his own career 20 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:15,360 and uses the Job Family System to focus on a different type of work. 21 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:20,080 Frank enters his present job group and salary scale in the Job Family System. 22 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,000 Here he can see what career steps he can take. 23 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,240 Frank compares the description of the different job groups 24 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,160 with the description of his present job group. 25 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:33,680 Frank likes the sound of the job group Operational Traffic Management Officer 26 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,480 at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. 27 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:39,720 He sees that there is a vacancy in the job group 28 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,560 and decides to apply for the job immediately. 29 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,920 If the job application procedure is successful, 30 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,480 Frank can start his new job in a few weeks.